Today many kampers arrived back at kamp after three days out on Table Rock Lake with fresh tans and brighter smiles. They returned from one of the four different trip sites: Wilderness, Island, Boulder Beach, and White Water. Month kampers go out on trip for two nights while two-week kampers ...

<style> </style> Of the several Sunday traditions here at K-1, one of everyone’s favorites are chicken letters! Chicken letters are quick notes that kampers write and mail home to their parents, friends, grandparents, or whoever they feel like writing to let them know how kamp is going. In order to ...

Do you make your bed every day? Better question: should you make your bed every day but you choose not to?! As the end of the term is approaching there are points to be added for tribal competitions, k-work points, and all sorts of other activities and festivities that the kampers have ...

Long standing traditions are frequent at Kanakuk’s K-1 Kamp. One such tradition is March Madness! March Madness isn’t just a night for playing basketball! Cheer clinic performed cheers! Everyone was decked out in tribe colors! By the end of term, the tribe with the most wins in competitions wins is ...

Kanakuk staff has been anxiously awaiting opening day for the past 9 months. We have spent a couple of weeks working hard to make kamp look great, while getting certified to safely run activities. Today hundreds of people flooded the K1 gates and kampers were able to choose how they ...

Throughout the term, kampers work each day to receive points in K-Work activities. At each one of these activities there are goals that are set for the kids to reach. Depending how many of these goals they reach, they receive a certain number of K-Points which ultimately determines if they ...

Tonight on the boys side each cabin dressed in camouflage and dark clothes and set off in a game of hind and go seek.As a cabin, they were instructed to search out and find the people who were hiding. Each person that was hiding had some sort of noise maker. ...

Each term there is number of trips that go out that are called "DEAL." For example the oldest kampers at K-1 get to go on Big Deal, which is a trip to a local theme park for the day. Another is called Excellent Deal. Those on Excellent Deal go bowling ...

There is one activity that creates buzz on both sides of kamp. It is called March Madness. The boys played their tournament last night and the girls will play theirs within the next few days. The goal of March Madness is to have fun! And it doesn't matter whether you ...

Last night, the girls put on a show called Stunt. Throughout this week, the girls worked very hard to put together a show full of acting, dancing, and more to be showcased in front of all of K-1. The Kiowas and the Kickapoos both created a performance and they were ...